Endocrine Abstracts

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has over 1,000 thyroid patient contacts annually. These are primarily patients with autoimmune hyperthyroidism and are treated by titration of Carbimazole. Dose adjustments are made by a healthcare professional (HCP) based on the results of thyroid function tests. Once the test results are available, the HCP decides on a prescription dose and communicates this to the patient, which is time-consuming and introduces delays. This project aims to ...

Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) is a tumour marker used to manage patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). However, its diagnostic accuracy can be questioned when thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) are simultaneously present. Changes in serum TgAb can also serve as an index of disease progression in DTC. The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between TgAb titre and disease progression, defined as radiological or histological evidence of recurrence. Eig...